Oil Leak 199 EPS Part 18

To end this series on EPS, here’s the full list of Marine EPS occurring in Scottish Waters:

Resident cetaceans or those regularly seen in Scottish inshore waters in significant numbers:

 Bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus

 Harbour porpoise, Phocoena phocoena

 White-beaked dolphin, Lagenorhynchus albirostris

 Short-beaked common dolphin, Delphinus delphis

 White-sided dolphin, Lagenorhynchus acutus

 Risso’s dolphin, Grampus griseus

 Minke whale, Balaenoptera acutorostrata

 Killer whale, Orcinus orca

Cetaceans that do occur in Scottish inshore waters, although usually not in significant numbers:

 Sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus

 Long-finned pilot whale, Globicephala melas

 Fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus

 Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae

Vagrants or rare species – Cetaceans that are only rarely found in Scottish inshore waters:

 Striped dolphin, Stenella coeruleoalba

 Northern bottlenose whale, Hyperoodon ampullatus

 Cuvier’s beaked whale, Ziphius cavirostris

 Sowerby’s beaked whale, Mesoplodon bidens

 True’s beaked whale, Mesoplodon mirus

 Sei whale, Balaenoptera borealis

 Blue whale, Balenoptera musculus

 Beluga whale, Delphinapterus leucas

 Northern right whale, Eubalaeana glacialis

 False killer whale, Pseudorca crassidens

 Pygmy sperm whale, Kogia breviceps

Other EPS that occur in Scottish waters:

 Leatherback turtle, Dermochelys coriacea (frequent visitors)

 Loggerhead turtle, Caretta caretta

 Kemp’s Ridley turtle, Lepidochelys kempii

 Green turtle, Chelonia mydas

 Atlantic sturgeon, Acipenser sturio

At a cursory glance, the Moray Firth not only has botltenose dolphin but also harbour porpoise, minke whale, killer whale, occasional humpback whale and very occasional northern bottlenose whale and pilot whales.

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